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PROKOFIEV; STRAVINSKY Violin Concertos

In the last movement of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, Patricia Kopatchinskaja takes the composer’s ben marcato seriously, using heavy accentuation...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 01/2014

MOZART Symphonies Nos 36, 39, 40 & 41

With these two volumes, Adam Fischer completes his cycle of Mozart’s symphonies; the complete set is also now available cheaply...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2014

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto. Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra

Tamsin Waley-Cohen speaks in a booklet-note of the coloratura temperament of the solo violin line in Mendelssohn’s D minor Concerto,...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2014

MAHLER Symphony No 4 BRAHMS Symphony No 2 WAGNER Tannhäuser Overture

Rudolf Kempe belonged to that increasingly rare breed of conductors for whom musical mood and content rather than individual temperament...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2014

LUCIER Orchestral Works

Alvin Lucier creates music about the sound of music. In Exploration of the House (2005) he remakes Beethoven’s overture The...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 01/2014

HINDEMITH Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'. Symphonic Metamorphosis

The usual coupling for the Mathis Symphony and Symphonic Metamorphosis is the Nobilissima visione suite, though the Trauermusik and other...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2014

HAYDN Symphonies Nos 99 - 101

Two ‘London’ Symphony recordings arrive emblazoned with icons of the city: Tower Bridge, largely obscured by Thomas Fey, and Parliament’s...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2014

HAGEN Norwegian Archives. Concerto for Hardanger Fiddle

The Norwegian composer Lars Petter Hagen is preparing to parachute into enemy terrain. It’s October 2011 and To Zeitblom, his...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 01/2014

ENESCU Symphony No 3

Hannu Lintu’s Ondine recording of Enescu’s Second Symphony (10/12) was shortlisted for a Gramophone Award. Some years ago I interviewed...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2014

DEAN The Lost Art of Letter Writing. Vexations and Devotions

Brett Dean’s violin concerto The Lost Art of Letter Writing was composed in 2006, revised the following year and won...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2014

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